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Originally Posted by 4X4
I dunno. The seatbelt law has no demerits. It is more or less followed. I remember when it was instituted, my mom's arguments were similar to yours. The government telling us how to live. Not gonna change anything. Well, 20 years later, 99 out of 100 cars I see are all wearing their seatbelts.
A few years of giving tickets to people does a lot. I don't even care if this is called a cash cow. Make the fine $1,000 for all I care. Like the cigarette butt fine.
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I think there is a big difference with seatbelt laws and this distracted driver law.
This law is so broad and includes so many different actions it really can't be compared to the seat belt law. Also, I don't think you can give complete credit to the seatbelt law itself. Society has done a good job in changing peoples attitudes. Car manufacturers have also done a good job in annyoing people into putting a seat belt on.
On one hand it is ok to fiddle around with your heat, light switches, car radio but on the other hand you can't hit one button on your iphone to change the music? I don't even listen to music off my iphone in my car but this just pisses me off.
If they just said texting was illegal I would be all for it, but IMO they made this law way to broad.